“I Learned the Lesson Well”: A Shark Bites a Surfer in the Head in Brazil.

The event took place at the Cacimba do Padre beach in Brazil, where a stage of the Hang Loose Pro Contest World Surfing Championship will be held, between February 19 and 25.

A surfer was accidentally bitten by a shark this Friday as he plunged into the waters of a beach in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, in Pernambuco, Brazil.

According to the newspaper O Globo , Carlos Vinícius Cavalcanti, he suffered injuries to his face, one ear and neck, for which he was sutured for about five hours .According to Cavalcanti in his Instagram account, the shark attacked him in an act of self-defense and the consequences were the result of his imprudence.

“I was surfing at the end of the afternoon, next to a school of sardines, and despite seeing that there were sharks in the water, I continued there,” Cavalcanti wrote, detailing what fell on the shark, that “he did what any being would do: He defended himself . “

The athlete reiterated that everything that happened was an accident.“I learned the lesson well, I do not surf again at the end of the afternoon with the animals there, feeding, but while I’m healthy I’ll go for the waves, I need the sea!”

This beach, known as Cacimba do Padre beach, will be the scene of a stage of the Hang Loose Pro Contest World Surfing Championship, between February 19 and 25.For this reason, the administration of the region called a meeting with the organizers and authorities to ensure the safety of the more than 100 competitors.